A new algorithm for GMTI tracking problems, subject to a Doppler blind zone constraint

This paper introduces a new methodology to take account of the Doppler blind zone arising, for example, in GMTI tracking. Here, the measurements are suppressed, when the range-rate of the target drops below a specified threshold. Algorithms based on the new methodology are easy to implement, robust...

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Published inIET Seminar on Target Tracking and Data Fusion: Algorithms and Applications pp. 49 - 58
Main Authors Clark, J.M.C, Kountouriotis, P.A, Vinter, R.B
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Stevenage IET 2008
Subjects
Filtering methods in signal processing
Other topics in statistics
Signal processing theory
estimation theory
filtering theory
target tracking
analytic filter
ground moving target indicator tracking problems
estimation accuracy
Doppler blind zone constraint
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ISBN0863419100
9780863419102
DOI10.1049/ic:20080056

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Summary:This paper introduces a new methodology to take account of the Doppler blind zone arising, for example, in GMTI tracking. Here, the measurements are suppressed, when the range-rate of the target drops below a specified threshold. Algorithms based on the new methodology are easy to implement, robust to choice of initial distributions and computationally efficient. Simulations have been conducted for a number of scenarios featuring in earlier comparative exercises. The new techniques exhibit a uniform improvement in estimation accuracy, as compared with earlier proposed approximate analytic techniques.
ISBN:0863419100
9780863419102
DOI:10.1049/ic:20080056